I need not ask you his
name, though perhaps you don't know it yourself.'

'A dark brown moustache covered the mouth. I have always thought that
a mouth is unattractive if the lips are so close to the teeth that
they seem to stick to them; and yet what a kind woman Mrs. Shales is,
and her mouth is of this kind. But, on the other hand, where the
space between the teeth and the lips is too great no mouth can be
called beautiful, I think. Now though the mouth of the gentleman was
not ill-cut, the lips were too far from the teeth, I thought; they
were too loose, a little baggy, in short. And when he laughed--'

'What about that, Winnie? I specially want to know about his laugh.'

'Then I will tell you. When he laughed his teeth were a little too
much seen; and this gave the mouth a somewhat satirical expression.'

'Winnie,' I said, 'there is no need now for you to tell me the name
of the gentleman. In a few sentences you have described him better
than I could have done in a hundred.'

'And certainly there is no reason why I should not tell you his
name,' she said, laughing, 'for if there is a word that is musical in
my ears, it is the name of him whose voice is music--D'Arcy. When he
told me that I should know everything in time, and that there was
nothing for me to know except that which would give me comfort, and
said, "You confide in me!" I could only answer, "Who would not
confide in you? I will wait patiently until you tell me what you have
to tell." "Then," said he, "the best thing you can do is to lie down
for an hour or two on that divan and rest yourself, and go to sleep
if you can, while I go and attend to certain affairs that need me."
He then left the room. I was glad to be alone, for I was terribly
tired. I felt as though I had been taking violent bodily exercise,
but without feeling the staying power that Snowdon air can give. I
lay down on the divan, and must have fallen asleep immediately. When
I woke I found the same kind face near me, and the same kind eyes
watching me. Mr. D'Arcy told me that I had been sleeping for two
hours, and that it had, he hoped, much refreshed me. He told me also
that he took a constitutional walk every day, and asked me if I would
accompany him. I said, "Yes, I should like to do so." At this moment
there passed the window some railway men leaving some luggage. On
seeing them Mr. D'Arcy said, "I see that I must leave you for a
minute or two to look after a package of canvases